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H. O. GROSS.

RAILWAY OAR.

No. 378,675. Patentedfeb. 28, 1888.

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HERMANN C. GROSS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO CHARLES STUPPE AND PETER ELZ, OF SAME PLACE.

RAI LWAY- -CAR.

:EPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,675, dated February 28,1888. Application tiled October 3, 1887. Serial No. 251,300.. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN O. GRoss, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Oars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description" thereof.

My invention relates to railway-cars; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction whereby I am enabled to utilize old track-rails for the pillars of said cars, as will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an inside view of one end of a car, showing the application of my invention; Figs. 2, 3, and 4, sections, respectively taken on lines 2 2, 3 3, and 4-4, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6, a perspective View of an end of a pillar.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the headpiece, B the base, and O the doorpill'ars, of a freightcar. Heretofore it has been usual to make the pillars O of wood and strengthen the same by means of iron plates; but such construction is not only expensive, but also too weak to stand the strain that results from the shifting back and forth of the load in a car, this shifting being due to theuneven andirregular movement ofafreighttrain while in transit.

The object of my invention is to effccta saving in the first cost of a car, and also to obviate the necessity of frequent and expensive repairs, while at the same time I am enabled to make valuable use of old track-rails, the latter being very numerous and of but little utility.

To make a car-door illar accordin to m Y The terminals 0' of the rail-flanges 0 come upon the outside of the head-piece and base, and to take up the space between these latter parts and said terminals of the flanges I employ blocks or castings D. The outer faces of the blocks or castings are of a contour similar to the inner faces of the railflanges c, and said blocks or castings are preferably mortised in the head-piece A and base B, as best illustrated by Figs. 3 and 5.

The various parts above described are respectively provided with perforations that come into register, and through the openings thus formed I pass bolts d, to secure said parts in their relative positions.

Midway between the head-piece A and base B, I interpose the usual brace-pieces, E, and through the door-pillars O and sides F of the car I pass astay-rod, G. Hinged to the bracepiece between the pillars O is a door, El, that opens inward. WVhen the door is closed, its sides come against the flanges c of the pillars, and these flanges prevent said door from being forced outward by any strain that may come thereon, thus doing away with the angle-plates ordinarily employed to limit the outward movement of hinged doors on cars of the usual construction.

As shown, the spaces between the treads and flanges of the railsections constituting the door-pillars are filled with timbers I, the latter being held in place by bolts 6, or other suit able means, to serve as supports on which to secure the car-lining.

In the construction above specified the flat faces of the flanged portions ofthe pillars come outermost, and are preferably flush with the end walls of the car, thereby presenting a neat finish, as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, and though I have more particularly described my invention in connection with the ends of a car, it is obvious that the same is equally applicable to the sides.

By my construction I am enabled to supply strong, durable car-pillars at a comparatively small cost; but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction specified, as the same may be varied at times without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Arailway-car pillar made from a section of track-rail having its tread and web cut away for a certain distance from each end to leave the extremities of said tread projecting beyond those of the web, substantially as set forth.

2. In a railway-car, the pillars thereof made from sections of track-rails having their eX- tremities shaped to engage the adjacent timbers of the car, suitable castings interposed between the terminals of the flanged portions of the pillars and said timbers, and suitable means for securing all of said parts in their relative positions, substantially as set forth.

'3. In a railway-car, the pillars thereof made from sections of track-rails having their treads and webs cut away a certain distance from each end, in combination with head and base timbers mortised to engage the ends of said treads, and blocks or castings interposed between said timbers and the flanged ends of said, pillars, and suitable means for retaining all of said parts in their relative positions, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Viscousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN G. GROSS.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, PETER ELZ. 

